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He told us: “Is that a year? That is crazy. We feel pretty good about it. We stood by the whole point of this album, saw it through. It would have been easy to stray from the path and take an easier route halfway but it feels good to have an album that represents something a bit more solid.

“It was important to us, just trying not to play the game so much. We have enjoyed it and the gigs have been great.

Twin Atlantic sell out three nights at the Barrowland (Image: Stephen Kerr)

“The whole thing was to not think about the future, just try to react more honestly in the moment.

“Finishing off an album called GLA by playing to all these people right in the heart of the city is special.

“I’ve always said being accepted by your home fans is the biggest compliment of all.”

The album certainly achieved what they set out to do, shocking many with its raw, angry sound, a world away from the soaring anthemic pop of previous hit single Heart and Soul.

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In true Twin style, they have been working on the next album since the day GLA was released.

Sam, guitarist Barry McKenna, drummer Craig Kneale and bass player Ross McNae are thrilled with what they’ve written so far.

Sam revealed: “That Tut’s show and this whole record were, I guess, a kind of a reset for us, or maybe the start of the second half is a better way to put it.

“We have started thinking about it, we are quite bad for that – the day one comes out we start thinking about the next.

Twin Atlantic's latest album is all about paying homage to their hometown (Image: Steve Gullick)

“We have been in the studio and made a bunch of music, a few new songs we are really, really excited about. Ross is finally claiming to be a fan of the band for the first time ever.”

While their first album Free spawned a huge number of singles and had them on the road until they insisted on stopping three years in, this campaign has only been 13 months, which Sam feels is the nature of the music industry now,

“We would like to see it come out next year, I think that’s how it is for bands now, you take too long a break and that’s it.

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“It’s a science, an art form now putting an album out, you’re lucky if an album keeps attention for six months.

“We are a very young band but still our album Free was out for three years and we had to, as a band, cut it short.

“People wanted more shows and more stuff, we had seven singles off it. This one is a year. It’s changed so much.”

Sam isn’t giving away much about the sound of the new material but it seems it will follow GLA’s rebellious attitude at least.

He said: “I’m not sure how to describe the direction. I think some will say yes it’s same road, others hear something very different.

Twin Atlantic at Glasgow Airport (Image: Stephen Kyle)

“What we did with GLA as a statement not just musically gave us licence to do what we want. Again it was a restart, a reset. It will be a continuation of that but may not sound the same, it’s the attitude.”

Although they’re a huge draw on Sunday’s line-up, Sam is more excited about some of the other acts on the bill than his own slot.

And one in particular is a huge thrill for the arty rocker – so he’s going tonight to see them perform.

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“Catfish are an exciting band. We met them at a festival and the singer Van rocked up to me and said we are one of their favourite bands and they drove around listening to our first EP Vivarium and obsessing over the artwork and stuff.

“I didn’t even think they would know who we were, let alone love our band and be into the early stuff.

“They’re good guys and music fans, I really like the band a lot.”

However he is playing it safe tomorrow night by staying away to save his voice for show day.

“The Lafontaines headlining King Tut’s is great too, that will be cool for them but I won’t see it.”

“I won’t go on Saturday in case I wreck my voice. I am a big fan of Kasabian, a huge fan.